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Figures from the National Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics reflect disturbingly high rates of diabetes and obesity in Jordan. A recent study found that less than 20% of adults in the Kingdom are at a healthy weight.1

Overweight and obesity now hold fifth place among the global risks for mortality, counting for 44% of diabetes, 23% of the ischemic heart disease and up to 41% of some cancers. 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. Worryingly for our future generations, more than 40 million children worldwide under the age of five were overweight in 2010.2